diff --git a/include/sys/types_internal.h b/include/sys/types_internal.h
index 91ec5dbbe0..bcb3c1be0c 100644
--- a/include/sys/types_internal.h
+++ b/include/sys/types_internal.h
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ typedef unsigned id_t;
 typedef long ssize_t;
 typedef long long time_t;
 typedef unsigned int useconds_t;
+#if defined(__linux__)
+typedef long suseconds_t;
+#else
 typedef int suseconds_t;
+#endif
 typedef long clock_t;
 typedef int clockid_t;
 typedef void* timer_t;
diff --git a/src/platform/types.rs b/src/platform/types.rs
index c400cb6e80..3d14bb29a1 100644
--- a/src/platform/types.rs
+++ b/src/platform/types.rs
@@ -124,6 +124,12 @@ pub type fsfilcnt_t = c_ulong;
 #[deprecated]
 pub type useconds_t = c_uint;
 /// The `suseconds_t` type provided in [`sys/types.h`](crate::header::sys_types).
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+pub type suseconds_t = c_long;
+// TODO: Should we break this to c_long as well? This also breaks timeval as well
+//       but it will be consistent with timespec.tv_nsec (note that syscall already uses c_int)
+/// The `suseconds_t` type provided in [`sys/types.h`](crate::header::sys_types).
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
 pub type suseconds_t = c_int;
 
 /// The `clock_t` type provided in [`sys/types.h`](crate::header::sys_types).